Audrey is a registered patent attorney and practices principally in the areas of:

Intellectual property law

Patent prosecution

Trademark prosecution

Audrey focuses her practice on intellectual property matters, with a particular emphasis on the drafting of patent and trademark applications, and on the prosecution of patent and trademark applications before the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She also works with attorneys in various countries to obtain international patent and trademark rights for her clients.

Audrey has drafted and prosecuted both utility and design patent applications. She has patent prosecution experience in the areas of consumer food products, consumer health care, medical devices, and various chemical and mechanical technologies.

Her experience includes preparing infringement opinions, preparing requests for reexamination, providing patentability and trademark availability opinions, and providing litigation support for patent lawsuits. In addition, Audrey’s practice involves the licensing and transfer of intellectual property rights, and conducting intellectual property due diligence in M&A transactions.

Audrey is admitted to practice in Minnesota and before the USPTO. She is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association and the American Chemical Society. She also provides pro bono assistance to clients of Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services in the area of immigration.

Audrey received a B.A. in chemistry from Hamline University and an M.S. in chemistry from the University of Illinois. She received her law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was a member of the Intellectual Property Moot Court competition team.